**New Orleans Gulf Report: Trout and Redfish on the Rise** Character count: 58 characters ✓

Artificial Lure here, checking in with your New Orleans fishing report for the Gulf and nearby marsh. We’ve got a light south to southeast breeze this morning, building a bit by midday, with air temps pushing upper 70s early and mid‑80s this afternoon. Humidity’s thick, but the cloud cover will be in and out—good “trout sky” with broken sun. Marine forecast from NOAA has 1–2 foot seas nearshore and a light chop on open bays, so smaller bay boats and kayaks are good to go if you watch the wind. Sunrise is right around six, with sunset close to eight this evening, giving you a long window to work the moving water. Tides around the Mississippi River delta and Lake Borgne are on the modest side today. Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain passes are seeing a slow incoming through the early morning, topping late morning, then easing into an afternoon fall. Down toward Hopedale and Shell Beach, the tide swing is a bit stronger, with a decent morning rise and a falling tide mid‑ to late afternoon—perfect for draining ponds and marsh cuts. Speckled trout have been active at first light over shell and around current breaks. Local marinas from Shell Beach to Hopedale report most folks boxing 10–20 keeper trout on live shrimp under popping corks, with some better catches when the tide’s really rolling. Free‑lined live shrimp and small croakers are producing bigger trout on the outside rigs and wellheads when the water’s clean. Artificial guys are doing well on 3–4 inch paddle tails in opening night, glow/chartreuse, and LSU colors, plus MirrOlure MirrOdines and topwaters like Skitter Walks early. If the water’s off‑color, bump up to darker plastics with a chartreuse tail and add a little scent. Redfish action has been steady in the ponds and along the grass edges wherever you can find green, moving water. Reports out of Delacroix and Reggio have limits of slot reds coming on dead shrimp or cracked crab on the bottom, and on gold spoons and spinnerbaits for sight‑fishermen once the sun gets up. Look for them pushing bait on the shorelines when the tide starts dumping out later today. Don’t overlook big live shrimp or finger mullet under a cork in slightly deeper bayous for the bigger bulls. Sheepshead and drum are still hanging around the rocks and pilings—good backup plan if the trout get finicky. Pieces of shrimp or fiddler crabs tight to structure will do it. A few flounder are showing at cuts and drains; slow‑roll a Gulp! swimming mullet or a small jig near the bottom. Water clarity has been best where that Mississippi River water isn’t pushing too hard—edges of Lake Borgne, Biloxi Marsh, and the cleaner side of the MRGO. Look for bait flicking and birds picking; if the dolphin move in heavy, bump a mile or two and reset. Couple of hot spots to keep on your radar: First, the Hopedale–Shell Beach triangle—around Bay Eloi, Lake Borgne shorelines, and the MRGO rocks. Trout on the reefs and redfish along the grass pockets and ponds off the main passes. Second, the Delacroix marsh—Oak River, Four Horse, and the small ponds off Bayou Terre aux Boeufs. Work the drains on a falling tide for reds and mixed trout. Best bet today: launch early, fish topwater or suspending plugs at gray light for trout on the reefs and points, then slide into the marsh to sight‑cast or cork‑fish for reds once the sun gets higher. Keep an eye on those storms building in the afternoon heat; if you hear thunder, head in. That’s your Gulf and New Orleans area fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn